| 13 JUL 2010 at 12:29am |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By colpet (11 JUL 2010 8:38pm)
I felt really priviledged to have the experience of handling these birds. One thing I was surprised at is that you need to control the talons. They rarely use their formidable beaks in defence.
Yes, it's surprising how powerful those talons are. I recently saw a demonstration given by a falconer at a renaissance fair, and he explained how one hawk in particular was capable of exerting 200 psi with its talons. And I believe there are other birds of prey capable of quite a bit more than that, also.
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| 13 JUL 2010 at 12:49am |
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Status : Offline | I've just had a terrific 3-day weekend away in Melbourne with a girlfriend. We stayed in the Hyatt which turned out to be perfectly placed for us to walk everywhere although we had no idea where it was when we arrived because neither of us had remembered to bring the address. [smiley=crazy.gif]
We did the shopping. We stayed out of the department stores, spending our time in the small arcades and laneways that are crammed with independent shops packed with girly goodies.
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We dined at an outdoor waterfront restaurant by the casino and watched dumbfounded at the sheer amount of people who were out and about. So different to quiet little Adelaide.
We followed the throngs of people over the river (the restaurants are behind the trees on the left) to the Art Gallery and came upon a market where I bought the cutest leather handbag from the craftswoman who designed and made it. This is what Melbourne is famous for: all the small and independent fashion designers.
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We saw the exhibition of German Expressionists and have decided we prefer French Impressionism. We feel a similar preference when it comes to cakes and my friend was extremely dilligent in her research... This photo of the Tea Rooms shows the queue to get in....
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While we were there, we had the entertainment of watching a very young bridal party having their wedding photos taken while they sipped tea beneath the mirror which is gorgeous. The place was tiny and cramped but had such a big atmosphere, like it belonged in a Toulouse Lautrec painting. And yes, the variety of cakes was amazing. And yes, we did find other places, most notably a French Boulangerie down another little laneway. Shopping is exhausting and we needed to keep up our strength.
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We also saw the Tim Burton exhibition was was HUGE. What a talent that man has. It was in one of these crazy buildings in Federation Square.
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That's what makes Melbourne so amazing, visually. There is a wild juxtapositioning of the old, the ornate and the ultra modern that Adelaideans simply wouldn't ever permit. My head was on a swivel most of the time, looking upwards at the decorative plaster facades and then higher up at the sheer office towers. Pavement level, we never felt squashed of space because the pavements where extremely wide and the roads were pedestrian friendly instead of car-oriented.
This is a lovely 1930s theatre. It faces the multi-coloured, multi-faceted modern madness of Federation Square.
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Behind this Victorian extravagance is the modern Melbourne Museum where we saw the Titanic Exhibition.
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Each person receives a boarding pass of a genuine passenger and at the end, you look up the lists of survivors and those lost to see what happened to your person. We both survived but I was an actress, travelling first class, with luggage of silk kimonos and jet beads from Italy, on her way to America to start work on her next movie..... [pause while Caroline preens herself]
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We had lovely weather and the view from our 16th story room was awesome. We walked ourselves to the point of exhaustion in the city and even found time to get to a show: The Jersey Boys, which is the story of Frankie Valli. Very enjoyable.
This is the top part of a very tall shot tower which we stumbled upon inside a shopping centre when we attempted to catch a late movie without prior booking and when both our watches were still on Adelaide time anyway....... so no, we didn't get into the movie but I did get a hug from a slightly drunk young woman who thought I had a cute accent.
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Every taxi we got into, the driver asked us for directions and one chap even told us it was our fault for not knowing where we were going. We laughed and talked the entire time, even during the night about every subject under the sun and I now have no voice and a very sore throat. [smiley=lipsrsealed.gif]
So, delightful as it is to be away. It is wonderful to come back home.
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| 13 JUL 2010 at 1:05am |
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Status : Offline | Those are terrific pictures, Caroline, and the trip sounds like it was a great way to celebrate your university degree.
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| 13 JUL 2010 at 5:58am |
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Great Pics Caroline and Congrats. [smiley=clap.gif]
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| 13 JUL 2010 at 8:06am |
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Status : Offline | Wow, this is a wonderful thread. Thanks for the pictorial story, Caroline! It sounds like you had great fun, and it was also fun and instructive reading about it! [smiley=thumbsup.gif] [smiley=cool.gif]
Interesting about the birds, also. I suppose the talons must be strong if you're going to be grabbing something heavier than yourself from a great speed up above, and then flying away with it in your talons. :
Finding this interesting, I read a bit more about it, and raptors will usually go for smaller prey than themselves, though flight momentum could enable them to grab prey heavier than themselves, (and then glide on, but not lift off) let's say from the side or top of a cliff.
However, apparently the strong talons are for crushing. They can basically crush their prey, and probably because while they are flying, they need to subdue a struggling thing that they're trying to carry. I suppose some prey, like huge rats, would also be inclined to bite, so it would indeed be a good idea to crush them into submission ASAP.
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| 14 JUL 2010 at 4:36pm |
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Status : Offline | Melbourne looks beautiful. The theater, art and then tea and cakes. Sounds like a great weekend.
We need to reward ourselves.
Here's a few shots of some guys who came to visit us from N'Orleans. Just kickin' it about.
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They call themselves the Dave Matthews Band.
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| 23 JUL 2010 at 2:24am |
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Status : Offline | Summertime means boating. I don't own or operate them but if you've got one and know how to pilot it, I can definitely be persuaded to join you.
Here's a speedboat cruising down the Delaware River, which is a shallow narrow body of water that separates the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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That bridge you see in the distance approximates where Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware to rout the British regulars (okay, they were Hessian conscripts) on that Christmas Day.
Then there is the Atlantic Ocean, which makes for one helluva beach.
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The beach is Belmar Beach in New Jersey. Ain't it a sight.
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And, of course, summer means musical entertainment. Here are two more veterans of rock.
Carlos Santana
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and Steve Winwood
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| 23 JUL 2010 at 4:42am |
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Status : Offline | Just what I needed, Anthony. Sunshine and beaches...
We're in mid-winter at the moment: grey skies with cold, showery days. And I'm full of cold too. Would love to jet off somewhere hot for a week - dry out my sinuses.
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| 1 AUG 2010 at 7:55pm |
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Status : Offline | I came across this buck nibbling on some grass:
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We get plenty of does but it's infrequent to see a buck.
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| 1 AUG 2010 at 7:59pm |
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Status : Offline | Ok, I'm not just envious anymore, I am now officially jealous.
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| 1 AUG 2010 at 11:54pm |
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Status : Offline | Must have been a special moment there, Anthony. I'm glad to see you still take your camera out and about. Was this close by your home?
It always astonishes me that there is still so much large wildlife roaming free in America.
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| 2 AUG 2010 at 12:54pm |
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Status : Offline | We have part of an old oak forest on our campus. There are still foxes in that part of the campus and I sometimes see them in the morning. I get in while it is still dark outside and feed a bunch of wild kitties. The foxes are also interested in the cat food (not the cats, fortunately).
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| 3 AUG 2010 at 11:29am |
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (1 AUG 2010 11:53pm)
Was this close by your home?
Yes, that's my yard. We frequently get deer but rarely a buck. I'd say that there is about 100 doe for every buck in my neck of the woods.
That is a 100:1 gal to guy ratio. So, I am jealous too, Traveler.
Here are some shots of a place called Black Rock Forest, about 30 minutes from my home:
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I took my bike along a dirt road that wound its way through this vast parkland and took these photos:
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The place is a nature research site. It is in pristine condition, no concession stands, no picnicing, very few people.
Beaver activity:
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| 3 AUG 2010 at 1:21pm |
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Status : Offline | Ooooohhhh nice pictures Anthony, very nice indeed. Is the water warm enough to swim in? You must live in a very rural part of your state and have no fence around your garden if you get deer wandering through.
Hope you don't spend too much time commuting to the city for work every day.
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| 11 AUG 2010 at 2:24am |
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Status : Offline | Sweeping views at the conclusion of a summer hike:
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Photos of the rock band OAR. Graduates of Ohio State University, the band has developed a growing cult following:
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| 13 AUG 2010 at 1:54pm |
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Status : Offline | Not really a holiday picture but it'll have to do.....
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| 13 AUG 2010 at 6:15pm |
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Status : Offline | You and your family must be very proud, Caroline! 8-) So are you having this one framed?
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| 13 AUG 2010 at 8:20pm |
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Status : Offline | A scholar who is out standing in her field.
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| 13 AUG 2010 at 11:57pm |
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Status : Offline | congrats Caroline very nice.
since i cant vacation here are pics of my area...first several are up in the pass, Wolf creek Pass, where i camped and lived for the first three years i was here.... and the view of the mts is the view from my condo here in town now...
Neaer Campsite D, Bruce Spruce Ranch:
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View along the valley across BootJackRanch and Bruce Spruce Rance, my home...
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my view from front porch now....sans bears....for the moment...
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| 14 AUG 2010 at 2:09am |
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Status : Offline | Cool pics Chris! I used to live in Colorado (Colorado Springs to be exact). If that 2nd pic is what I think it is, I did a painting of that scene MANY years ago when I saw it in a book. Imagine my surprise to suddenly be standing there on my way to Pagosa Springs. At the time I did the painting, I didn't even know it was in Colorado!
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| 14 AUG 2010 at 2:23am |
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Status : Offline | wow that is cool Ivania, ys i live in the mountains here. I know CS well, used to have tea at the Broadmoor and sit by the lake there, lovely place....
ys the view of the valley from Wolf Creek is awesome..my campsite was just down below there, in the trees to the left of that first lake
my morning commute was thru the elk and deer
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| 14 AUG 2010 at 3:25am |
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Status : Offline | I'm simply blown away by your view Chris...... wow....
Ivinia - isn't it time you shared some of your art with us? Failing that, I know you have taken gorgeous photographs.... your buddies await....
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| 14 AUG 2010 at 4:53am |
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Status : Offline | I'll see if I can dig some up. Most of my pics are game-related as reference photos for inspiration in 3D Studio. Consequently, lots of pics in cemeteries of tombstones and crypts, dilapidated buildings, turn of the century architecture, etc.
You might find this interesting...
A scene from Raven's Hollow:
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The actual crypt in Mayfield Cemetery on the eastside of Cleveland:
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I did manage to gather some of the more interesting, non-modeling related, ones (over 100) and turn them into a game. Granted, I've taken 1000's of pictures, but the majority probably wouldn't be interesting to most.
I'll see if I can dig out some of my pre-digital camera pics from Colorado to post. In the meantime, here's some from just north of Anthony's area at Howe Caverns:
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Here are some from the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York. They are called the Finger Lakes because if you look at a map of New York state, the lakes look like a giant drug their fingers across the landscape. The lakes are surrounded by numerous wineries. :
This is on a boat out on Cayuga Lake.
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Sunset on the lake.
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Contrary to popular belief, not all roads are paved in the US!
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Hmmmm, left or right?
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I try to get some theme-related pics up soon. Although it has taken quite a number of years of Caroline's prodding to get these few up finally.
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| 14 AUG 2010 at 7:45am |
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lets take a poll
such beautiful pictures....i love them all, you have a wonderful eye
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